Krishna_Avanti_Primary_School,_Leicester

Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester

Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester

Free school in Leicester, England

Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester[1][2] is a Hindu faith primary school in Leicester, United Kingdom that is part of the Avanti Schools Trust. It was the first state-funded Hindu school in Leicester.[3] The school is open to students of Hindu background, but half (50%) of places available in the school are also reserved for local students of various faith backgrounds.[2] The school is based at Evington Hall, a Grade II listed building, built about 1840,[4] which in the past was a convent school, then part of Leicester Junior Grammar School.[5][6]

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  1. [1]
    Avanti Schools Trust. "Krishna Avanti Primary School, Leicester".
  2. [2]
    "Site confirmed for Leicester Hindu school". BBC. 10 January 2011.
  3. [3]
    I-Foundation. "Plans Revealed for Leicester's First State Hindu School". Archived from the original on 1 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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    "Evington Hall". www.heritagegateway.org.uk.
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    "Leicester's Hindu school is a beacon, says Education Secretary Michael Gove". Leicester Mercury. 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. [6]
    "Evington Hall will be a Hindu State Primary School". Evington Echo. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)



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